The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-02
GEN ERAL NEWS.

SEN snAL NGWS.
As kvKRyBoDY knows, II was hot
yesterday.
The local packets left on time with
fair trips.
The Sidney Dillon will be due TO-
morrow from New Orleans.
The Alberta No. 8 leaves here to-
morrow evening for White river.
TIE Future City will he the mex
towb jat to pass here for New Orle ans
PAT FOLEY, a slip carpenter, died
in the Marine Hospital here, Sunday.
Cart. o. X JOPLIN and wife have
gone TO Eizabeth,own, Ky, where
they will spend the GUNNER.
The Mississippi. Ohio, Cumberland,
Tennessee, 81. Francis, White and
Arkansas rivers are all failing.
Carr. THOMAS CLAdaKrr yesterday
resumed command OF the steamer
James Lee, relieving Capt. Marsh
Miller.
On recent excuniou ont from st.
Louis the Chss. =. Chou,eau carried
720 mothers and 1850 child en-, a total
OF 2700.
TIE Arkansas City, Opt. Harry
Brolaski, leaves here at 10 o'clock this
morning for Vicksburg and all way
landings.
The Kate Adams for Arkansas
City, James Lee Tor Ffiar's Point, and
Coihoma for 0sceols, had fair trips
out yesterday.
TuE Belle OF Memphis, Capt. Baker,
Is the Anchor Line packet leaving
here at 0 O'Clock this evening for
Cairo and 81. Louis.
Daring the twenty-iour hours end.
Ing a. noon yesterday the river here
remained stationary, the gauge regis
tering s feet, 2 inches.
The Anchor line steamer City OF
New Orleans is announced to leave
here at noon today for Kew Orleans.
Capt. A. ]. Carter commands.
rHB oakland, towing ak bsrgss and
q fuel boat, passed 10 New Orleans
yesterday morning. She doubled.
thpped over Presidents Island bar.
Capt. John Z Higgins was yester
day appointed TO command the
steamer Coahoms, relieving Capt.
Cooper, who goes to Padncah 10 look
alter the new Leo Line boat and bring
her out.
TIE new steam steering appara,u,
recently placed on the oakland In Q
great succsts, and will probably be
placed on all the Valley towboats
This ingeniou, applicat on OF fric'
ton wheels and niger engines move,
thu big plot wheel at the slishtes,
touch.
The 7. b. Sims, Capt. John O. Crane
arrived yesterday morning from n
Louis wish 62C8 packages Of freight
which she discharged at the elevator
rhe principal items OF her cargo wers
2i3O barrels Of Our, 576 barrels oil
meal aud l27 sacks OF ear corn. Che
returned to st Louis last night with q
lot Of way freight.
THE X. l.. Cobb, Capt. y. b. Smith,
arrived yesterday afternoon from Ar
kansas river with A bales Of colt m,
2S2 eaeks OF cotton reed and 10 pack.
ages a Hundiies hhe Ia receiving a.
the Big 3 EhaTfDoAt, and leaves Of 0
o'clock this evening for Helena, Ter.
rene. Pine Bluff aud nil way landing
on the Arkansas river Capt James
N. Thompson Ia chief clerk.
IT Ia reported that tho Valley Barge
O'mpAny has decided 10 employ 10
m lre white crews, 1idirg the negro
more iractAble, fully 10 intelligent
and not 80 liable 10 create mntiny aud
strike. This seton was brought abou,
by the incipient riot on the Oaklar a
O II Louis, on "Wednesday, whore the
white deck crew became mntinous,
struck fIr higher wages and badly bea,
the mate Of the boat, who Ia now Ia
tho ho. pilal nj e. Louis suffering from
the iriuries inflicted upon bin By the
mutinous deckhapds
liz the matter oi tho collision DO.
tween the selmship Astronomer and
the tug W. NJ. Wood, United Safe.
Local Inspectors 0'Rsilly and Young
blood rendered their decision aatur
d y at New 0rleans, holding both YES
sells at fan (, and sufpending PHO,
\ 9th, Of the seamship, Tor ninety
dsye. and Pilot Spence, Of the Wood
six'y days. In thrir finding the In
epectors say: From this and many
other cases Of collision that have been
brought before NJ, there appears g. be
a total disregard by pilots Of the lawt
Tor meeilng In passing"
APRoros VI tins many unnoc~ siry
rulpa governing tbs steam navigation
Of this country and the extraordinary
penaitIe, attached Tor their violation
the following question and ausseI
clmes from one Of The grea, Eogish
steamss rnnniny between Liverpool
aud New York:
"ls not the shipping Of Great Brit
ain held ubder close restraint OF lsw7'
"Yts; too much 10. Tha' 10 the
mlst ike Of al governments, that they
try 10 i1teifere aud control and max,
political pefquisite Of what they
know next 10 nothing about. The a
eumeot n that In order 10 FAVE III,
hey must take rigid precautions; bal
II you would leave tie eaving Of III,
10 the steamship companies they
would lave 1it a. much interest ~ a
party Of poItlcians 10 maintain theiI